How big is Cuba really?

Cuba covers 109,884 km² (42,400 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.16 times bigger than it really is.

See Cuba at its true size on the map →

True size vs the map

Both drawn at the same scale. The map keeps shapes but swells everything away from the equator.

Cuba in numbers

Cuba is the 106th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
Countries of about the same true size: Guatemala (108,889 km²), Bulgaria (110,994 km²), Liberia (111,369 km²).
The United Kingdom is 2.2 times the size of Cuba.

Why the map gets Cuba wrong

Cuba lies around 22°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.08 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.16 times too big near its middle. Most web maps use this projection because it keeps angles and shapes right for navigation, not because it shows sizes fairly.

In Globegami you can drag a copy of Cuba anywhere on Earth: it keeps its true size and grows or shrinks on the map as it moves, and you can fold the map back into a globe.

Compare Cuba

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Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works